Conflict: | 2015 Battle of Baure |
Commander2: | Christipo Mutali |
Casualties2: | 2 killed |
Casualties1: | 11 killed |
Commander1: | Abdul Hakim Abu Nusaybah |
Partof: | the War in Somalia |
Combatant2: | Kenya |
Combatant1: | Al-Shabaab |
Result: | Attack repulsed |
Place: | Baure, Lamu, Kenya |
Date: | 14 June 2015 |
Caption: | Political situation in Somalia |
The Battle of Baure was an Al-Shabaab attack on a Kenyan military base located next to the town of Baure, in Lamu County, Kenya.
On the morning of 14 June at approximately 5.45am a group of al-Shabaab militants attacked the Kenyan army base. After a short engagement on the perimeter of the base, the attack was repulsed, leaving 11 Al-Shabaab fighters and 2 Kenyan soldiers dead. The Al-Shabaab second-in-command was 25 year old British-born Thomas Evans ("Abdul Hakim"), who filmed the attack with a camera strapped to his body, and Evans died in the fighting. Evans was well integrated into al-Shabaab, having first joined in 2012, he spoke fluent Somali and issued commands and communicated with fellow fighters through radio.[1] German-born Andreas Martin Muller ("Abu Nusaybah") also took part in the attack, and escaped alive but wounded.[2]